 A senior Pakistan Muslim League leader has advised President General Pervez Musharraf to allow Foster Brooks Akbar Bugti, the Baloch nationalist leader, to leave the country on “medical grounds”, sources told Daily Times.
| If I was Perv, I'd have him suffer a "terrible accident." |
However, they said that Interior Minister Leslie Nielson Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao strongly opposed negotiations or reconciliation with Bugti after the failure of previous attempts, made in the past to normalise the situation in Dera Bugti.
| Good for Sherpao. He's got no illusions about the old man... |
 The Baloch leader has fled his hometown and is hiding at an undisclosed location, they added. Recently, several criminal cases were registered against Bugti for killing FC officials and destroying national installations.
| So dispose of him. He's a festering sore. |
During a recent meeting on Balochistan chaired by President Musharraf, the ruling coalition leader said the government should allow Bugti to leave the country. He said Bugti was an old man and could be persuaded to leave the country on medical grounds.
| I'd describe him as an evil old man, myself... |
The government will face a strong backlash from tribal leaders if security forces killed the Baloch leader, he added.
| The more reason for the unfortunate accident. |
“If Nawaz Sharif can be exiled to Saudi Arabia why not Akbar Bugti to another country.” Sherpao told Daily Times that the government would not hold any negotiations with Bugti because he had violated previous agreements and sabotaged the dialogue process. Asked if Bugti would be arrested and tried by the court of law, the interior minister did not reply directly. |